Nonskid attachment eor vehicle tibes



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES N. BURRIS, DECEASED, BYHENRYE. TESS, ADMINISTRATOR, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA;

NONSKID ATTACHMENT non vEH'IcLE-rm'ss.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that JAMES N. BURRIS, late a citizen of the United States, deceased, did invent certain new and useful Improvements in Nonskid Attachments for Vehicle Tires, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying draw in s.

%his invention relates to a non-skid attachment for automobile tires, and has for its principal object to provide a simple, easily applied device that forms one of a group of devices to be placed about the tire of an automobile wheel to prevent the machine from skidding, and may be quickly and easily puton at any time and in any place without the exertion of raising the car from the ground, necessary at the present time to apply the well-known chain at tachments and others which are in common use at the present time.

Another object of the invention is toprovide, a simple attachment which will be strong and durable and which when in- -jured 0r damaged may be readily and quickly removed sothat a new one may be substituted. I

With the above as the principal objects in view, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of an automobile wheel with one of the nonslip devices constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention in position thereon, and

Figure 2 is a similar view of the device as viewed from the right of Figure 1.

In the drawings, 10 indicates an, automobile wheel of which 11 are the sp0kes,'12the rim and '13 the tire which may be pneumatic or any other tire usually applied to an automobilewheela The saddle 14 is of arcuate shape both longitudinall and transversely and of a length to fit easi y about the rim 12 ofthe' wheel between two of the spokes as shown. On each end of the saddle 14 is a short upstanding flange 15 arcuately formed to provide an opening to partially receive, when the device is applied, the adjacent spoke 11 where it connects with the rim 12. The

Specification of Reissued Letters Patent. Reissued July 25, 1922.

Original No. 1,298,001, dated March 25,1919, SerialNo. 163,290, filed April 19, 1917.

reissue filed November 30, 1920, Serial No. 427,412.

Application for length of the saddle is sufficiently shorter than the distance between two adjacent spokes of the wheel to permit the saddle to .be thrust into position between thespokes for engaging the rim of the wheel. The side 16 of the saddle 14 that curves over the inner side of therim 12 has riveted or otherwise secured thereto one leaf 17 of a hinge 18, the other leaf 19 being similarly secured -to a narrow plate 20 of a length equalto the lengthof the saddle 14. The plate .20 is provided with a" perforation at each end and a pair of short chains 21 are attached to the plate 20, the end. link'in each chain be ing. received in one of the perforations as shown. These two chains extend transversely around thetire and are connected at their other ends by the terminal links thereof engaging perforations 22in the ends of an arcuately curved plate or bar 23 in the surface of said flanges and to yield and permit the introduction of the saddle between the spokes.

In practice, as many of the devices as needed may be applied to the Wheel before startingon a journey, but if they have not been so applied and their need becomes imperative at any time during the journey, it is only necessary to place them one at a time on the wheel by separating the plate. or bar23 from the saddle l4 and after placing the saddle between the two spokes and against the rim, the chains are brought around the exterior of the tire and the plate or bar 23 placed against the saddle 14, one or the other of the openings 24 bein slipped over the key 25 and the latter turned at a right angleto the opening to hold the plate or bar 23 in place. It is to be noted that the proper opening will be determined by the diameter of the tire and because of this difference in diameter, a plurality of openings are employed. The chains encircling the tire hold the saddle 14 against the rim and the arcuate flanges 15 are sufiiciently close to tudinal movement of the saddle on the tire.

The saddles 14, it is readily understood, can be applied to the wheel at those portions that are free of the ground, and if necessary, they may be applied to theportions of the wheel on the ground after each Wheel has made a partial revolution so that it is very evident that the attachment may be placed in position Without the trouble of raising the wheel from the gI'OllIld by means of a jack before the attachment can be placed in position. It is also evident that should any one of the chains break, or the saddle become injured in any way, it may be quickly removed when it is not in contact with the ground and a new device substituted in place.

What I claim is:

1. A non-skid attachment for automobile wheels comprising a saddle to snugly embrace the rim of a wheel, an inwardly curved radially extending flange on each end of said saddle to partly encircle the adjacent spoke of the wheel, saidflanges preventing transverse movement and undue longitudinal movement of the saddle, the length of the saddle being srufliciently shorter than the distance between two adjacent spokes to permit the saddle to be thrust into position between the spokes for engaging the; rim, of the wheel, a pair of chains adapted to pass transversely across the tire, each chain being hingedly attached at one end to one side of the'saddle, and means joinin the other ends of the chains for releasably connecting them to the opposite side of the saddle.

2. A non-skid device embodying a saddle to engage a wheel felly, an attaching memher, one side portion of the saddle being provided with an outstanding rotatable part, said part having a cross head, the attaching member having an openin through which said part extends when the cross head is in one position, said cross head when in a second position coacting with the attaching member for detachably holding the same to the saddle, and anti-slipping means connected to said attachin member and to the saddle.

v3. An anti-skidding device comprising a body adapted to engage the telly of a wheel structure inwardly of the tire, flexible members engaged with one side portion of the body, and a member adapted for detachable engagement with the opposite side portion of the body and to which the flexible members are also connected, said flexible members, when the second named member-is attached to the body, extending across the tread of the tire of a wheel structure, the second named member and the body being provided with coacting means to detachably secure the. second named member to the body in a direction transversely of said'second named member.

4. A non-skid device embodying a saddle to fit a wheel felly, an attachingmember, one side portion of the saddle being pro vided' with an outstanding part, theTattaching member being provided with a slot through which said part extends, means carried by said part for retaining the attaching member to the saddle, and anti-slipping means connected to said attaching member and the side portion of the saddle remote from the outstanding part.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature. 1

, HENRY E. VOSS, Administrator of the estate of James N.

Burris, deceased. 

